Beaufort NC

We spent two nights here at the Boathouse Marina off Taylor Creek in Beaufort, and are leaving the boat here while we go pick up the trailer and car in Charleston tomorrow.  The marina is quite a ways from the historic town center...had a great setup for us, since there is a boat launch next door, a courtesy car and a trolley into town across the street on the weekends.  It is brand new and we can tell they are still ironing out the wrinkles in their systems.  They have a great staff who bend over backwards to help you out.  For example, the wifi didn't work, so they lent us the owners personal hot spot to use for the weekend.  When completed, this marina will be part of a resort with condos/townhouses, restaurant, inn, etc.  At this point there is mostly just the dry storage boat house, a few nice docks, a pool (that wasn't open yet) and an event center where they had a wedding last night.

Another example of their bending over backwards was when we watched in amazement as they did a "trial lift" of a 42ft Hatteras with their forklift.  The owner requested that they try but you could just tell there was no way it would work... the boat was just too long and heavy.  But they tried just the same.  We couldn't figure out why he wanted to try it...why risk a beautiful boat like that?

Last night we biked into town for the afternoon/evening's music entertainment which was very fun. It seems like everyone is young and pregnant or has children under 5.  The kids were cute dancing to the music, playing and just being kids.

We missed having our chairs, though, so today we carried them to the trolley and took that to the music festival venue which was much better suited to crowds.  We started early but bugged out before the headline events as we'd had enough of sun and WIND.  The music ranged from heavy metal to country, but the surprise guests were the Marine Corps New Orleans style jazz band.  They weren't on the billing and only played for 30 minutes but they brought down the house.

So tomorrow we drive to Charleston, spend the night, then drive our own truck and trailer back to Beaufort.  I'm so excited to be staying in a motel...we're going back to the place with the whirlpool tub.  This has been a record 10 nights in a row on the boat and I'm ready for a little luxury.. but I'll miss the views!

Beaufort NC